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Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back
You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in America will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score. Without having ever knowingly committed a crime or been convicted of one, you and your fellow citizens have likely been assessed for...
New York Assembly Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Create State Process to End Police Qualified Immunity
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 12, 2022) – Earlier this week, a New York Assembly committee held a hearing on a bill that would create a process to sue police officers and government officials in state court for the deprivation of individual rights without the possibility of...
Rhode Island Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Create State Process to End Police Qualified Immunity
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (May 4, 2022) – Yesterday, a Rhode Island Senate committee held a hearing on a bill that would create a process to sue police officers in state court for using excessive force or taking other actions that violate individual rights without the...
What Happened When New Mexico Ended Civil Asset Forfeiture?
In 2015, New Mexico scrapped its civil asset forfeiture laws and replaced them with a criminal process requiring a conviction before forfeiture can commence. Law enforcement lobbyists warned that ending civil forfeiture would cause crime to skyrocket. So, what...